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CVE-2011-1823

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Android OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Vendor / Project
Android
Product
Android OS
Date added
Sep 8, 2022
Due date
Sep 29, 2022
Known ransomware use
Unknown
CWEs
CWE-189

Description

The vold volume manager daemon in Android kernel trusts messages from a PF_NETLINK socket, which allows an attacker to execute code and gain root privileges. This vulnerability is associated with GingerBreak and Exploit.AndroidOS.Lotoor.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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